1 ;;; 8sync --- Asynchronous programming for Guile
2 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Christopher Allan Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org>
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19 (define-module (8sync daydream)
24 ;;; Daydreaming is a lot like sleeping, except it doesn't block other
25 ;;; message correspondence.
27 (define-actor <daydreamer> (<actor>)
28 ((dream daydreamer-dream)))
30 (define (daydreamer-dream daydreamer message
33 ;; We're a single use actor, so we blow up
34 (self-destruct daydreamer)
35 ;; Now reply to the actor's continuation
38 (define (daydream secs)
40 (create-actor <daydreamer>))
41 (<-wait dreamer 'dream secs))